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Here's a grape cutting that survived and apparently rooted! We've had some cool and wet weather that probably helped it out.

I was eating some burritos, today (baked frozen chimichangas), and decided to wrap the last one in some chilacayote leaves from the garden, as I had done first recently. I first put a stack of leaves in the toaster oven on bake for a few minutes (to make them softer). Then I wrapped the burrito in the leaves, and ate. It was pretty good.

Here are some pictures I took of it partially eaten:




Yes, my chilacayote is getting fairly large leaves already! Yes, the large leaves are edible, just as the smaller ones, although the veins are a little chewier.

I harvested some bunching onion seeds, today, likely Crimson Forest. I took a brown paper bag, put the heads inside, and shook them to get the loose seeds to fall into the bag. When I finally looked in the bag, it had lots of earwigs in it! I hadn't seen any in the flowers, but I guess they hide in them!

The pictures here with the flower heads are before I shook the seeds (and earwigs) in the bag. So, you can see how nicely the earwigs are hiding. The huge leaves are from horseradish plants.







To remove all the earwigs, I had to dump the seeds (and some of the earwigs) out on a plate, let the earwigs crawl away, shake the remaining earwigs out of the bag, and pour the seeds back into the bag.

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Animal communities:
• Keeping a Family Cow

Sun Sugar F1 tomato

Offsite articles:
• Bonnie Plants
• Dave's Garden
• Tatiana's TOMATObase
• Wikipedia

Offsite forum search results:
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: freeforums.net
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville

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SunGold F1 tomato

These super popular 1", 1–2oz, cherry tomatoes are supposed to be quite sweet, tart, prolific, and even early. Some say it splits easily. Note that SunOrange F1 is supposed to be similar, except with larger fruit, less prone to splitting. SunGold F1 is often compared with Sun Sugar F1.

Offsite articles:
• Burpee (burpeehomegardens.com)
• Dave's Garden
• The News&Observer—Homegrown: Sun Gold tomatoes make a savory sauce
• Tatiana's TOMATObase
• Tomato Dirt
• UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay
• Wikipedia (disambiguation page)

Offsite forum search results:
• Google: boards.net
• Google: Dave's Garden
• Google: freeforums.net
• Google: Gardenweb
• Google: proboards.com
• Google: Tomatoville

Recipes:
• Bucatini With Sungold Tomato Sauce
• Pasta with Sun Gold Tomatoes (bonappetit.com)
• Pasta with Sun Gold Tomatoes (epicurious.com)
• Saffron Chili Sun Gold Tomato Pasta
• Sungold Tomato Campanelle
• Sungold Tomato Jam

Blog articles:
• https://laidbackgardener.blog/tag/sun-gold-tomato/
• http://www.leereich.com/2011/09/as-curtain-slowly-closes-on-summer.html
• https://www.pumpkinbeth.com/plants/tomato-sungold/

Vendors:
• Botanical Interests
• Burpee
• Fedco Seeds
• Gardens Alive!
• Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.
• John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
• Johnny's Selected Seeds
• Jungseed
• Pinetree Garden Seeds
• Reimer Seeds
• Renee's Garden
• Territorial Seed Company
• Tomato Growers Supply Company
• Totally Tomatoes
• Trade Winds Fruit
• True Leaf Market
• Urban Farmer (ufseeds.com)
• West Coast Seeds
• White Flower Farm

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I'm trying to figure out what species of grass this is. This is an unusually succulent-looking specimen. It's one of our predominant weeds. It clumps and grows maybe 2.5 feet tall.



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Here are some pictures of our elderberries, from one angle:

Here's another species of grasshopper in our garden. This is one of the kinds that is often found on roads and dry soil. when mature (this one isn't mature), they make a sound when they fly, and they have black with yellow shown on their open wings. I saw a similar adult on our property, today, too (and a recent day).

Here's a picture of our beebalm, this year. It's at least a few years old. I'm not sure which species it is, but it gets red flowers.